Date format problem in taskbar, cant remove day of the week


  1. Posts : 1
    windows 7 home premium 64 bit
       #1

    Date format problem in taskbar, cant remove day of the week


    I have until today had my task bar set up with small icons and the clock in the corner showing the time and date in a UK format eg.

    19:45
    31/8/17

    but today, for some unknown reason my computer has decided to add in the day of the week

    19:45
    Thursday
    31/8/17

    but because I have the task bar nice and short, I only see the time.

    I have gone through and am trying to change the date/time formats (control panel > Clock, Language and Region > Change date time or number format) but nothing I do will make a difference. I can't get rid of the day of the week.

    And it shouldn't even be an option for me to have it!

    The only date format options I am given (as I am located in the UK) are:

    Short date options
    dd/MM/yyyy
    dd/MM/yy
    d/M/yy
    d.M.yy
    yyyy-MM-dd

    Long date options
    dd MMMM yyyy
    d MMMM yyyy

    None of these (as I understand it) should even be giving me the day of the week. Wouldn't that require ddd or dddd ?

    But it gets better...

    If I go to Additional settings > date and manually put in an option for dddd dd/MM/yy I get

    19:45
    Thursday
    Thursday 31/08/17

    so I know the day of the week twice!

    Does anyone know whats going on? how can I get rid of this annoying day of the week?
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  2. Posts : 1,730
    Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
       #2

    Hi Kdc3021, Welcome to 7 forums. The below tutorial may help you to restore the time and date format.



    How to Restore Default Regional Format Settings in Windows 7 and Windows 8
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  3. Posts : 1,730
    Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
       #3

    Hi again, If the above reset does not work you can also use system restore, as the problem has only just

    popped up.



    System Restore
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